Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24


ors' monument is s'Navel Battles" We sup
pose it will do little good to Try to catch
this story now that it has got started.
Daniel Pratt, the Great American Traveller
who has gone on his last journey, often used
words without much regard to their mean
ing or connection. but he sometimes hit the
mark. For instance, when he remarked
concerning himself that he ''never made
enough cash to salt the eye-ball of an ami
malcule."
It is becoming more and more dangerous
to live. Salicylic acid is extensively used in
bottled beer to prevent fermentation, and
the Medical Record says that the amount
requisite is from 12 to 10 grains per gallon.
The acid Injuries the digestion and irritates
the kidneys, and without doubt is the cause
of many fatal diseases.
A new law has just been added to the
statutes of New York which provides that
militiamen of the State injured or killed in
actual service shall receive pensions, or their
widows and children shall receive pensions,
equal to those granted to federal soldiers by
the general government. Every State
should have such law.
The Rev. DR.. Tillett, of Vanderbilt uni
versity, recently visited Mormon Sunday
school while in Salt Lake City. AS he en-.
tered the infant class department tempora
ry teacher was saying: "Well, boys, where
is your teachera" They all replied promptly
in concert: 'sIn the penitentiary." The
teacher then asked, els he there for doing
right or for doing wrong?' All replied, "Fol
doing right" DR.. Tillett learned afterward
that the man in question was serving term
for bigamy.
English trade reports for the last si1
months indicate that while the amount Of
business done will bear favorable compari-
son with that of the corresponding period ir
1886, it can hardly be claimed that the
anticipations INDUCED in at the close of last
year have thus far been fully realized. 1t il
true that there have been largeer railroad re-
ceipts in spite of reduced tariffs, increased
Board of Trade returns, larger payments
through the bankers clearing house and bet
ter prices for most raw materials; but the
revival, if such it may be called, has not
gained strength as the year has progressed.
An important amendment of the law in
relation to assignments of the estate of debt
ors for the benefit of creditors has just gone
into effect in New York. It is intended to
curtail the evil of preferences in behalf OF
favored creditors. By amendments adopted
in 1884 and 1886 the wages or salaries due tc
employees are preferred and have to be paid
in full before any other debts can be dis
charged by the assignee. The new amend
ment restricts other preferences to one-third
of the residue of the. estate after wages and
salaries and the expenses of executing the
trust have been deducted.
The season for snake stories is upon us. Il
is gravely related that some Americans re
Gently going through the Jardin des Plantes
of Paris stopped to look at big rattlesnake
in cage. Tt lay motionless, apparently
asleep, but when two Of the party who lin
gered behind began to speak in English il
moved, lifted its head and gave every sign Of
interest. They told their companions thai
the snake understood English. The whole
party then returned to the cage. The snake
was apparently asleep again. They conversed
in French, but the snake made no movement
then the ladies began to speak in English
The snake started, lifted it's head and showed
the same alertness as before at the sounds